Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [joh]
- /dʒoʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [joh]
- /dʒoʊ/
Definitions of joes word
- noun plural joes beloved one; darling; sweetheart. 1
- noun joes (sometimes lowercase) Informal. fellow; guy: the average Joe who works for a living. 1
- noun joes Informal. a personification of a typical, often unprepossessing representative of an occupation, personality trait, state of being, etc., that is expressed, sometimes metonymically, as a mock surname: Joe Lunchbucket working hard at some factory and paying his taxes year after year; political con artists relying on the gullibility of Joe Schmo. 1
- noun joes a male given name, form of Joseph. 1
- noun joes Plural form of joe. 1
- noun joes plural of joe. 0
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Origin of joes
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; variant of joy
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Joes
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
joes popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
joes usage trend in Literature
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